All the cool chocabloggers aren’t satisfied with Death by Chocolate. These days we demand Extermination by Chocolate with a dalek chocolate cake.

With the absence of 15inch tall chocolate Daleks in the shops, here’s one I prepared earlier.

There are two possible methods to follow with regard to this recipe; one. Read the following instructions or two. buy as many chocolate items as you can carry home in a large family estate car and simply make it up as you go along.

* You will require only a few of each of the above. I bought multi-packs, just in case.

Method

Melt the chocolate in a dish over a pan of simmering water (take care kids!)

Cut about 1inch from around one of the chocolate cakes. Try to hold the knife at an angle so that the cake tapers, getting thinner toward the top

Now, stick the smaller cake on to the top of the uncut one. Anticipating a large and heavy cake I erred on the side of caution and used a large dollop of the melted chocolate to sandwich these together.

Cut one of the chocolate swiss rolls in half. Do the same with second swiss roll, and using just one of the halves, cut it in half length ways. Stick these four pieces together using melted chocolate (see photo)

Place the swiss rolls on top of the cake using, yes you’ve guessed it, melted chocolate, place a single piece of swiss roll on top of this and then start to cover the entire cake in melted chocolate. If you have the time, do this in layers, allowing one layer of melted chocolate to set before adding the next, and the next… I didn’t have the time so I poured the entire ½ thick chocolate on in one go. This proved rather frustrating as it continually gloops to the base.

Before the chocolate sets completely (I was slightly insane by this point) start decorating the cake to give it it’s Dalek features.

Place Maltesers in columns on the bottom half of the cake to form the skirt. Do Daleks wear skirts?

Use half a Cadbury Flake and chocolate fingers to make the sticky-out-bits, and put a chocolate button on the ends (using the good ol’ tried ‘n’ tested melted chocolate method)

Stack three Jaffa Cakes on top of the cake, followed by two stacks of three chocolate buttons. Add a Smartie to the top of the buttons.

Place a band of white chocolate squares around the neck. You could of course pipe some melted white chocolate to create a similar effect but time was running out for me; birthday boy was about to come home from school and there I was, covered in chocolate and I hadn’t even started on the proper party food yet.

Using melted plain chocolate, pipe details around the Dalek; stripes down the Jaffa cakes, and lines between the Malteser columns for eg. I made an effort to do this, but I know you can do better.

This is simply amazing. I didn’t even think of that, and it reminded me of all the flicks I used to try to find before (on that subject ;)). Thanks for taking pics for the different steps; some people (ahem) would’ve never known what means what otherwise.

Hiya, Thanks for supplying your wonderful recipe, it’s wicked. I have just finished making it for my daughters birthday party tomorrow, it’s a lot trickier than it looks and I have to say mine doesn’t look as good as yours, but my daughters chuffed with it so well done on such a brilliant idea…and thanks for sharing it..you’ve made a soon to be 8 year old very happy

Hi Su – I am so pleased that your daughter is happy with the cake and I am sure yours looks far better than mine! Thanks ever so much for letting us know you gave it a go. Hope the party went well and lots of birthday wishes are being sent your daughter’s way!

Believe it or not, this is not the first recipe I’ve seen for a Dalek cake. The DVD release of the Doctor Who story “The Dalek Invasion of Earth” includes a segment from Blue Peter back in the ’60s for making a Dalek cake. I seem to recall the crafting was similar in many ways (although not quite as…chocolatey).

It looks like a 5 yr old made this cake, by far one of the ugliest cakes Ive ever seen, but atleast you slathered it with enough chocolate to make the fattiest fall in love, whats next? 40 Pounds of bacon Cake?

HAPPY BDAY CHOCLATE BLOG HOPE YOUR HAVING A GREAT TIME WER ABOUT TO MAKE UR DARLAK CAKE BECAUSE WE ARE BIG FANS OF DOCTOR WHO WE LOVE ALL THE PROGRAMS WE DONT MISS ANY AT ALL THANKS FROM LEAH TONY AND JOHN XXXXXXX

Made this cake for my 7 year old. It is his birthday today and he is taking the cake to his Beaver camp night so 15 hungry Beavers can devour it. It looks really cool and he is really pleased with it. Thanks so much for the idea. It was quite easy to make although the kitchen looked like a chocolate bomb had exploded by the time I’d finished late last night!

Hey loved the cake… me and my family love doctor who and i came across ur page. its fantasic
we have thought to do this for chirstmas maybe and put fake snow or sumthing round the bottom its the “Christmas Dalek cake” lol were going to eat it while watching the chrstmas special of Doctor Who..

mmmmmmm spent hours making this on fri for my daughters 3rd birthday party-shes told EVERYONE she was having a dalek cake. mine is massive,about 30 inches tall,and needed a bamboo stick to hold it in place.

only problem is i dont know enough people to help finish it-any takers??????

I’m gona try to say what I think. I’m brasilian and I think your cake is good, but here in state of Paraiba my wife make a choco cake better than this, and the secret is to control the level of sugar, but if you need more information better you lern brasilian portuguese cause she does not know read or speak english. So, aprenda portugues e veja o (look for) http://www.flogao.com.br/marilenemaroja

Of course we’re begining, but if you wanna talk about cakes, pies and salties call my e-mail http://www.maroja54@hotmail.com as a good brasilian I’ll try to understand you, but try to translate your text at first. And remember, never is too late to learn portuguese of BRASIL (NOT BRAZIL)

For two sheets of cake, use three ounces of Walter Baker & Co.’s Premium No. 1 Chocolate, three eggs, one cupful and three-fourths of sifted pastry flour, one cupful and three-fourths of sugar, half a cupful of butter, half a cupful of milk, half a teaspoonful of vanilla extract, one teaspoonful and a half of baking powder.

Grate the chocolate. Beat the butter to a cream, and gradually beat in the sugar. Beat in the milk and vanilla, then the eggs (already well beaten), next the chocolate, and finally the flour, in which the baking powder should be mixed. Pour into two well buttered shallow cake pans. Bake for twenty-five minutes in a moderate oven. Frost or not, as you like.

WOW!
did you come up with this idea yourself?
i bet your son was thirlles with this!
me and my best mate stan have decided to make this for our very own dr who fan for her birthday ^o^ we can’t wait! it looks so fun!
thanks for all the great reicpes
we appreciate it!
love us
xx

this dalek chocolate cake looked good but who ever made got know fuckin brains why make a cake like that are mad or somthing ur just showing of but really you twat ok and if you got anything to say email me back ok i thinbk uyour dalek chocolate cake was crap and looks like shit!!!!!!!!!!!
do ever make it again and i think you should delete it of the internet because nowone will never ever try the shit that you made ok
your sincerly
mark

also i think you such a thick person all these people who using this idea is stupid because this lady or man is fuckin wasting our money on shit snidy thing like this i want to make it for mr dr who birthday i really like ^o^ give over u want to make shit thing like your rather cut a fresh cream cake on birthday than cook that pooooo!!

Think this is a brilliant idea for a cake, and despite what Mark appears to think, it is for children and not for some person who appears not to have any sense(Mark)and is obviously frustrated, has no sense of humour and seriously needs to get a life and a family. It is obvious that he does not have one otherwise he would find this as good an idea as any other. He ought to be deleted from the internet!!! EXTERMINATE-MARK! Keep the good ideas coming, I am going to make it for my son’s birthday and I am sure that he will love it…. thanks for the idea.

I think the cake looks marvelous. Beyond my capacity in making sheet cakes! Maybe someday. :) My bf would love it for his birthday. And to Mark, in the spirit of Christmas, I hope someone gifts you a dictionary. You certainly could use it!

I can’t believe the comments from Mark (above) – get a life. This is bit of fun, no-one is asking you to pay for it / eat it. If you had an ounce of sense, you’d see some people on here have made it for their children or other family / friends and it’s obviously gone down well. Don’t rain on everyone’s parade – just cos I’m not into Dr Who doesn’t mean I’m going to say it’s not good, cos I’m not an idiot. I think it’s great that someone has a) gone to the trouble of conjuring up an appropriate recipe and b) posted it online for the internet community to share.
Grow up.

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I think your Dalek cake looks fantastic. My daughter is having a party on Saturday and I’m going to have a go at making one for her. I just hope it looks as good as yours. Thanks for sharing such a great idea.

Made this for my boyfriend’s 30th birthday, he loved it as did all our friends, it tastes very chocolatey and yummy and is also lots of fun to make without much difficulty. Thank you very much for posting it!

This is just perfect! I asked my son today what cake would you like for ur bday and oh yes he said he wanted a dalek cake..i was thinking of popping to asda and cheating until i saw this…its fantastic…im going to try my best and make it, of course ive asked my friend to help..thanx for posting this, i cant wait to try and make it.

OMG! If you used a pudding bowl to cook the main part of the cake ( you would only need one cake mix), and only one swiss roll, it would be much better. It would stand up straighter ( I have had to put 4 wooden skewers in this one to hold it all upright and together) also for the strips between the maltesers you could use licorice straps……

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